Central Union of Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Employees

The Central Union of Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Employees (German: Zentralverband der Hotel-, Restaurant- und Caféangestellten, ZVHRC) was a trade union representing hospitality workers in Germany.

Central Union of Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Employees

Zentralverband der Hotel-, Restaurant- und Caféangestellten
Predecessor	Union of German Restaurant Workers Union of Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Employees Union of Chefs
Successor	Industrial Union of Food, Luxuries and Hospitality (E Germany), Food, Beverages and Catering Union (W Germany)
Founded	1920; 105 years ago (1920)
Dissolved	2 May 1933; 92 years ago (1933-05-02)
Headquarters	86-88 Elsässer Straße, Berlin
Location	Germany
Members	29,618 (1931)
Publication	Gastwirtsgehilfen-Zeitung
Affiliations	ADGB, IUHR

The union was founded in 1920, when the Union of German Restaurant Workers merged with the Union of Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Employees and the Union of Chefs. The union affiliated to the General German Trade Union Confederation, and internationally, to the International Union of Hotel, Restaurant and Bar Workers. By the end of 1931, the union had 29,618 members.^[1]

In 1933, the union was banned by the Nazis, but it continued to organise underground, especially in Frankfurt. It printed a newspaper and sent it to a limited number of members, but in 1936, the Gestapo acquired a list of recipients and closed the organisation down.^[2]

Presidents

1920: Rudolf Ströhlinger

1930: Fritz Saar